Lot details Registration No: 594 UYK Chassis No: 312042142750 Mot Expiry: Feb 2016
- Professionally restored using many original parts
- Engine, paintwork and interior rated as 'very good'
- A rare survivor and 15,300 recorded kilometres
Further info:
In 1954 Mercedes replaced its L3500 and L4500 trucks with the outwardly almost identical L311 and L312. This gorgeous drop-side flatbed L311 was manufactured in 1960 and then professionally restored a few years ago, using original parts. Finished in a stately shade of deep Green and trimmed in Brown it doubtless attracts admiring glances wherever it travels, and has apparently won numerous classic vehicle awards as well as starred in some advertising shoots. The vendor unsurprisingly grades the bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, 100bhp straight-six diesel engine and manual gearbox as all being in 'very good' order. There are numerous items of nicely-presented brightwork including exterior-mounted horns and a period fire extinguisher, and this pampered lorry even comes complete with logoed carpet mats and mud flaps. The odometer currently registers an unwarranted 15,291 kilometres. Though some 175,000 L311 and L312 trucks found their way onto the roads, few remain in this apparently superlative condition.
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